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Biotechnology involves the use of living organisms (mostly microbes) to produce useful products. It includes traditional processes like brewing, cheesemaking and modern developments such as genetic engineering which can lead to new drugs against cancer and other diseases.
At the start of your course you will be introduced to the basic sciences, mathematics and computing. As you progress you will discover more comprehensive areas of Biotechnology, ranging from genetics and process engineering to immunology and gene cloning.
In third year, specialist areas are introduced.
Careers or Further Progression...
Research and development in Biotechnology, production, quality control, process control, teaching, management and sales/marketing in industry involved with food processing, pharmaceuticals, brewing and distilling, waste treatment, enzyme manufacture.
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